I take my throat back and settle my head more towards the back body as though I am resting my head back into an imaginary head rest. I immediately feel my head lighter and my neck softens and relaxes.

Further on in the day I am sitting at my computer and again I notice a similar discomfort in my neck. I begin to notice my posture and see that my head is extended forward almost like a turtle sticking its head out of the shell.

I always love to reflect on how my posture is reflective of what is happening in my life. The action of my head sticking forward (which we all do because we all drive and use the computer) indicated to me that because I was “looking forward”  that I was hurting myself physically by looking to deeply(or to forward) into the future. How often do I make myself crazy by worrying about what “might happen”. As a society we think about our future constantly. What I realized from this is that the beginning processes of manifesting out future starts in the present. Our thoughts and feelings in the present moment are what we should be focusing on. Those thoughts and feelings are what we should keep positive and in line with what we desire. Ultimately what we want in the present is to feel good, to have hope and expectation for what is to come and to do that through living the present moment to its full, abundant potential. Leave the future alone and we will start to see that pure potential resides within every moment.

Running before yoga along the Montreal Lachine Canal

Before a yoga class, I was running along the  Montreal Lachine Canal yesterday, back towards the city. I looked at the amazing view of the city; however I noticed that I was seeing through different eyes. For some reason I was seeing and appreciating the city as though I was a tourist.

I then asked myself “What brought about this change in perception”?

What does bring about changes in our perception or our change of awareness? I have always has the belief that one needs to have a major event occur in ones life to bring a spiritual awareness. However what about the small changes of perception that occur on an everyday basis? What brings about those “paradigm shifts”?

For example…It was as though I had “opened my eyes”… And I thought of this saying, “open your eyes”. What actually happens in the physical body when we open and widen our eyes? If you think about it, space is created around the pupil and more light is allowed to enter.

As I say so often, what happens in the physical is mirrored in the mind (meaning the mind expands and opens) and manifested the outer world (thus seeing that your life has changed).

Thus by creating space in the body, we create space in the mind. Then we allow room for grace and new awakenings to enter into our consciousness.